2008 DG-MP-PDE Seminar-12

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Superquadratic curvature functionals and approximation of the Willmore energy

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Tobias Lamm
University of British Columbia

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Curvature functionals arise naturally in geometry, physics and biology. In this talk I will introduce the Willmore functional and supercritical modifications thereof. Then I will study the existence and regularity properties of the critical points of the supercritical functionals and I will show how one can use them to get a new proof of a result of Leon Simon on the existence of a minimizing Willmore torus. This is joint work with E. Kuwert and Y. Li.

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Tobias Lamm (UBC)
3:30pm, WMAX 110
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Scientific, Seminar
Date
September 23, 2008
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University of British Columbia